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  • PICTORIAL SETS

    PICTORIAL SETS

    Imaginary architectures to display life. 2021 – 2024 In medieval paintings space is treated as a stage for the representation of human actions. Architecture as a device to communicate the atmosphere and psychology of the actions that are taking place. Perspective, far from realistic, as a compositional tool to simultaneously order space and time. In…

  • AI ARCHITECTS

    AI ARCHITECTS

    Portraits of famous architects made by AI based on the style of their hand drawings. 2021. NFTs available on Objkt.com  

  • WHISPERING GALLERY PAVILION

    WHISPERING GALLERY PAVILION

    What to do in public space during the pandemics…  Whatever the answer, we continue to believe in architecture as an instrument capable of activating public space through the transformation of its form.The proposed project reflects the uncertainty of these times through the construction of a “fragment”, a small walled garden, an ambiguous space devoid of…

  • FESTIVAL PERIFERICO

    FESTIVAL PERIFERICO

    Proposal for “Maquinas Imaginantes” open call organized by LIGA Espacio para Arquitectura, CDMX, 2019. (With Ofelia Burgos Soria / The Italian/Mexican Society) El Anillo Periférico de la Ciudad de México es una infraestructura urbana compleja y controvertida que refleja el carácter y la personalidad de ésta ciudad. Una infraestructura “Frankenstein” hecha de pedazos diferentes entre…

  • URBAN STUMPS

    URBAN STUMPS

    Ballpoint pen drawings 35×25 cm each Contribution to Arianna Carossa’s exhibition “Due stelle Rotte” Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Mexico City, Sept./Oct. 2018

  • PLATAFORMA 2.0

    PLATAFORMA 2.0

    Competition entry for Pabellón Mextropoli 2018 competition, Mexico City A temporary/permanent public space for communities affected by natural disasters  

  • METODO SALGARI

    METODO SALGARI

      “The Salgari Method” is a nomadic art event developed since July 2013 (by Andrea Balestrero, Nina Fiocco, Ulises Matamoros, Rogelio Sánchez) that aims to map the real world in a “fantastic” way through a community based process. Emilio Salgari (1862-1911) was an Italian writer who – without traveling outside his nation- wrote numerous novels…

  • LIFE

    LIFE

    Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura, Mexico City, October 2015 Contribution for the Book “Fundamental Acts” curated by Matteo Ghidoni/Salottobuono for the exhibition: “Archivo Italia”. The book is a collective reinterpretation of the series of short movies “Five Fundamental Acts” by Superstudio The second law of thermodynamics tells us that in an isolated system the entropy, or…

  • LUCHA LIBRE ARCHIVE

    LUCHA LIBRE ARCHIVE

    The Italian/Mexican Society (Ofelia Burgos Soria – Andrea Balestrero) Ongoing research about the influence of the “Lucha libre” (Mexican Wrestling) on contemporary art, fashion and design Mexican Pavilion, Salone del Mobile, Milano 2015

  • EL ECO

    EL ECO

      Competition entry for a temporary pavilion at Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City, 2015 Selected for the final phase with Rodrigo Novelo and Estefany Soria  

  • THE NATURE IN THE CITY

    THE NATURE IN THE CITY

    PhD thesis in Architectural Design, Politecnico di Torino, 2003 The research consider the role of the “green” in the design of the contemporary city, by combining the theoretical reflection with an accurate morphological reading of green spaces in the urban area of Turin.  The research opposes the relevance of some recent design explorations  on a range of typical…